5 IIM graduates who skipped placements for startups

5 IIM graduates who skipped placements for startups

18 Mar, 2013

ET Bureau; Devina Sengupta & Sreeradha D Basu

An odd lot of students at the premier Indian Institutes of Management has decided to make way for their classmates jostling for jobs in a tight economy. Some of them from the 2013 batch have opted out of placements to sell sanitary napkins to rural India, start a network for photographers, and make algorithms that predict the market. The entrepreneurial road is less travelled, but the drive is strong.

It may not be the best time to walk out on campus placements, with the economy on the slouch, but students feel their ideas cannot wait for long as others may pick them up.